March 14, 1933 issue of the newspaper Pravda (Truth) featuring the photomontage "Raise higher the banner of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2023.86
People: Gustavs Klucis (Klutsis), Latvian (Koni Parish, Latvia 1895 - 1938 Moscow, Russia)
Title: March 14, 1933 issue of the newspaper Pravda (Truth) featuring the photomontage "Raise higher the banner of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin"
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1933
Culture: Latvian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/379553

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Letterpress on newsprint
Technique: Letterpress
Dimensions: 65.7 × 50.2 cm (25 7/8 × 19 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Merrill C. Berman, New York, sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2023.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year: 2023
Object Number: 2023.86
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Adrian Sudhalter, Gustav Klutsis: Works from the Merrill C. Berman Collection, The Merrill C. Berman Collection (Rye, New York, 2017), pp. 58-59, ill. (color); p. 92, fig. 1, ill. (color)

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